Our Approach
IpHorgan is designed and organized to ensure that client matters are handled
competently, quickly and cost-efficiently. We endeavor to respond to all client
inquiries on the day of receipt where possible and in any event within one
working day. If a particular matter is going to take longer to adequately
address due to its complexity, we advise our clients accordingly and provide an
estimated completion date.
We make a point of understanding our clients' businesses, their objectives and
the roles of brands, expressions, ideas, innovations and inventions in their
competitive marketplaces. This enables us to quickly identify the issues that
are of significance for our clients and provide advice that is appropriate,
prompt, clear and succinct.
We are assisted in our efforts by the firm's outstanding practice-management
systems. A number of these systems are also available to our clients, giving
them real-time access to cases and multiple tools for report generation, data
mining, and cross-searching and correlating issues, parties and procedures. The
collegiate nature of our firm and the world-class databases that we have
created provide our clients with ready access to all of the collective
experience and expertise that that our attorneys have developed and honed over
the years.
Our capabilities and experience include:
Trademarks
Prosecution and Maintenance — IpHorgan has secured
registration protection for thousands of trademarks worldwide, in virtually
every jurisdiction where registration protection is available. We assist with
prosecution in all major global markets on a daily basis. We actively manage
tens of thousands of trademark registrations worldwide on behalf of our
clients.
Our attorneys have had substantial experience with virtually every kind of
trademark, service mark, certification and association mark. We have worked
with a great many industries, including agriculture, business services,
chemicals, consumer products, electronics, entertainment, financial services,
foods, insulation materials, kitchen appliances, medical products, musical
instruments, oil exploration, real estate and water supply.
We have successfully executed many global brand overhauls and transitions,
including a number involving Fortune 500 companies.
Enforcement and Anti-counterfeiting — We have secured
successful outcomes in litigation before Federal and State courts in the United
States. We have managed complex intellectual property litigation in numerous
countries around the world. We have assisted clients in proceedings before the
Federal Courts in Canada and Mexico, the European Court of First Instance, as
well as Federal Courts in Germany, Norway and Serbia. We have managed
proceedings before Peoples Intermediate Court and before the Peoples High Court
in China, before the Delhi High Court in India and before the High Court in
Thailand. Our attorneys have participated in hundreds of inter-partes
Administrative Proceedings in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and
throughout Asia.
We have prosecuted numerous anti-counterfeiting Police RAID Actions around the
world. Our actions have resulted in the seizure and destruction of tens of
thousands of counterfeit products. We have successfully developed and
implemented multiple anti-counterfeiting strategies, often involving
combinations of customs recordal, Police RAID Actions and litigation.
IpHorgan has developed and implemented global enforcement strategies on behalf
of its clients. It has adapted strategies to suit the times, circumstances and
budgets, while always driving to maximize returns for its clients.
Patents
Prosecution and Portfolio Maintenance — Our attorneys assist
clients in protecting their inventions and innovation in a broad range of
technology fields. We have successfully secured patents in the fields of
mechanics, electronics, chemistry, computer- and software technology,
biotechnology, and business methods. We also represent clients in obtaining
design patents on unique product and packaging designs. Our clients rely on us
to address routine prosecution and portfolio-management issues as well as more
complex situations, such as navigating obstacles associated with complex
licensing strategies.
Enforcement and Defense — We understand the importance of
developing cost-effective strategies to police the marketplace for infringement
and taking appropriate measures to enforce our clients' patent rights. We work
with our clients to identify potential infringements and take the necessary
measures to address infringing activity. While our preference is to seek
amicable resolutions, we have all of the resources needed to vigorously pursue
litigation when it is necessary or is thrust upon our clients. We devise
comprehensive protection and enforcement strategies for our clients and take
proactive role in securing their interests at home and abroad. We have launched
domestic patent re-examination procedures to protect our clients' intellectual
property rights. Recently, we have invalidated a spurious design patent through
a cancellation action in a foreign jurisdiction. Our clients also turn to us
when they are alleged to be violating the patent rights of others. We regularly
work with our clients to develop effective defense strategies to infringement
claims. We always work with a focus on achieving the best resolution in the
most cost-effective way and with the least disruption to our clients'
businesses.
Miscellaneous — IpHorgan clients regularly look to us when
considering innovations and new inventions and the need arises to conduct a
state-of-the-art analysis to determine what patents have issued in a particular
field. We are skilled in assessing patent claim scope and advising clients on
"design around" options to avoid conflicts.
Cyber Law
Domain Name Registration — We have demonstrated expertise in
assisting clients with global registration strategies and global domain name
management. Our experience and expertise span gTLDS, ccTLDs, and
newly-developed TLDs.
Enforcement — Our attorneys have investigated and terminated
domain name abuse by cybersquatters and competitors. We have successfully
recovered infringing domain names through Cease & Desist letters, negotiations,
UDRP proceedings and, when necessary, through formalized court proceedings. For
some clients we also actively police the web for infringing uses of names and
marks in trademarks and confusingly similar domain names as well as in other
contexts. We have successfully instituted numerous take-downs of infringing
materials on auction sites such as Amazon.com and eBay. We have shut down
numerous email accounts and domains identified as sources of fraudulent email
requests and solicitations, often using advanced forensics to piece through
cloaking and computer hijacking involving Zombies and Botnets.
Miscellaneous — IpHorgan has created corporate domain name
policies for effective use and control of company domain name portfolios. Our
attorneys continually monitor new developments and formulate strategies for
developing and defending corporate brands, whether on social-networking sites,
blogs, or other online information-sharing and marketing platforms.
Copyrights
Prosecution — Our attorneys have handled a broad range of
the copyright registration issues. Our expertise includes the initial analysis
of whether a work is likely to be protected under copyright law, framing and
filing applications, resolving office inquiries that arise and successfully
prosecuting applications through to registration. We have secured copyright
registrations on behalf of clients for a wide variety of works, including
graphic artwork, manuals, promotional materials and computer programs.
Enforcement — We have successfully enforced copyrights in
both the US and in jurisdictions worldwide. We have successfully stopped
infringement and misappropriation of copyright-protected content online, both
as a stand-alone action and as part of a cohesive strategy to enforce and
protect valuable rights stemming from product designs and configurations.
Miscellaneous — IpHorgan has negotiated licenses for the
reproduction and use of copyright-protected material. We have also analyzed and
advised on complex issues involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and
have drafted licenses to guard clients' rights in unique copyright-protected
works while enabling and facilitating the profitable provision of clients'
services.
Trade Secrets
Protection — IpHorgan has advised clients on the manner and
means for protecting their trade secrets and confidential business information
against theft and unlawful disclosure. We have designed programs for internal
implementation at client businesses and in client dealings with third parties.
Our attorneys have assisted clients in determining when trade secret protection
may be the most appropriate course of protection for certain business processes
and procedures.
Enforcement — We have assisted clients in dealing with
breaches of trade secret protection as well as with the unlawful disclosure and
theft of confidential information.
Trademarks
